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By Marc Capavanni
Pros:
-Great sound quality (at least for the price)
-Top value
Cons:
-Cable quality is shoddy. After tying it around your MP3 player just a few times, you'll find they are very twisted.
By Derek Bain
I have been using the same pair of Sennheiser CX300 earphones for over 3 years now with a brief spell with the Sennheiser MM50 iPhone earphones (they lasted 3 months then fell apart). I was dudious of buying anything other than Sennheiser but I wanted a pair of earphones that I could answer calls, skip tracks and pause my music on my iPhone and after my experience with the Sennheiser MM50 iPhone earphones I decided to go for the Ultimate Ears MetroFi 220vi earphones. The sound quality is on a par with the Sennheisers however I do find that I have to go one notch higher on the volume while listening to music on my iPhone than I would with my old Sennheisers. The call answering button works well for obviously answering calls, skipping tracks and pausing music. The microphone is also good and I would say better than the one on the Sennheiser MM50 headphones I had. The headphones look and feel very well made and I like the fact that the inside of the right earphone is red just so you don't put it in the wrong ear. The little case for storing your headphones in is a nice little addition that works well. I have had no problems with actual silicon ear buds as I read a lot of people were complaining about the size. I use the large ones and they fill my ear more than my old Sennheisers and therefore block out more backgound sound. Price wise I think the price is about right for a good pair of earphones with call answering facilities and good build quality. Overall a really good pair of headphones.
By M. Harrison (London, UK)
A cursory glance through Amazon reviews is enough to tell you both that headphones range in price enormously, and that the relationship between price and quality is not altogether straightforward. It is now possible to get some remarkably good headphones for under £30.
But once you want to include a built-in microphone so that you can use your headphones with your iPhone, the choice gets altogether more limited. I did a fair amount of research before going for these MetroFi earphones, and it felt like quite a lot to pay. Did I get value for money? Well yes and no.
Yes, they are well made and durable; no concern they will fall apart. Right and left are distinguished by internal colour - which is a neat and pleasing touch. And the microphone is very well situated high up on one of the cables. But, no, the sound quality is not special. It's true they are slightly better than standard iPhone/iPod headphones (though these are in any case nothing like as bad nowadays as it is fashionable to claim), but the improvement comes largely from the tighter fit of the bud-style. The sound quality is open, but it has neither brightness nor depth: there is no danger that you will suddenly hear something you have never heard before, unlike some headphones.
Perhaps more disappointingly the microphone sound quality isn't great either. You will find yourself holding the mic right up to your mouth, and even then, if there is background noise, the person you are speaking to may struggle to hear you.
So all in all these are fine to get by with - and at half the price would have been perfectably acceptable. In any case they are so damn well-made I am lumbered with them. But I'd advise you to extend your research further than I did and see if you can do better.
By ghandibob (Swansea)
I have a feeling that any review of in-ear headphones at the lower end of the price bracket is always going to come down hugely to how well your choice of bud size from those provided measures up to your ear canal. I have not found, and I have tried many, that there is much difference between different manufacturers' offerings. At the expensive end, I've noticed the quality of Etymotic's ear buds, but for under £40 these seems to measure up pretty well. When I got the right size in my ear the seal was good and so was the sound. Unfortunately, as I use these for running, or shove them in my pocket when I pop into a shop, durability is an issue. I lost one of the rubber covers within 3 weeks. Sennheiser ones like these Sennheiser CX 300-II Precision Noise-Isolating Ear-Canal Phones - Black (Eco Packaging) have been with me for years now, in tact and without such an obvious noise when my shirt rubs against the lead as with the Ultimate Ears. So, in truth, it's going to be hard to say how you'll find these, but if you want earphones that will need to withstand some miscare, and your ears are my size, you may want to look elsewhere.
By T. tajner (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
I've been using these for a couple of weeks. The sound quality is awesome, at least for my needs. I'm using them on an iPod touch, so the button comes in really handy for changing between songs. They're ok for running around as long as I have a head band that keeps them from falling out.
The earbuds might not fit into every ear - there are 3 sizes included, I'm using the small ones and my left ear becomes a bit uncomfortable after a couple of hours, but they're replaceable. I've heard that Comply tips might fit well for some people.
All in all, happy with the purchase!
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